“More than a shirt, feeding a passion for life”

Saturday, 18 September 2010

Our merry team of volunteers packed 82 boxes full of kit this morning. In just over two hours the packing exercise was seamless and the store cupboard has some breathing space. I

n total we've now sent out 675 boxes in 2010, approximately 23,500 items of kit, as well as other things such as goal posts, footballs, sports bags and footy cards. Quite amazing and we will easily beat last year's figure of 25,500.

Thanks to Mike and Jonathan Pocock for joining our team for the first time today.Well done team

Sunday, 5 September 2010

Many thanks to Chesham United FC and the fans for supporting KitAid at their match against Tiverton on 2 September. Fans donating no longer wanted football kit at the match were given a £1 discount on the match day ticket price.

Appropriately with the England versus Bulgaria game that weekend, one of Chesham United's previous KitAid collections was used to support Bulgarian children at FC Gagarin who now turn out each week in Chesham's colours.

KitAid was pleased with the kit collected and no doubt Chesham fans were delighted with the score on the day - 5 - 0!

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Welcome to KitAid's blog

Registered charity no. 1113968

This little boy in a tattered Liverpool shirt was the catalyst to KitAid in 1998. Following a trip to Tanzania with WaterAid by Derrick Williams, KitAid was formed and the charity has grown steadily over the years from sending one box to the tiny village in Tanzania to this year donating 100,000 football kits to children and adults in some of the poorest countries in the World.

Many of these kits have been loved by children and adults in the UK and are now being loved again by people, thousands of miles away. Bringing us together is the passion for football and big smiles on our faces.